Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

"Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;

And yet methinks I have astronomy,

But not to tell of good, or evil luck,

Of plagues, of dearths, or season's quality:

Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,

Pointing to each his thunder, rain, and wind;

Or say with princes if it shall go well,

By oft predict that I in heaven find."

[515:A] Discoverie of Witchcraft, book xv. chap. 42. p. 466.

[516:A] Discoverie of Witchcraft, p. 415.